Kori: The Beacon Anthology of Korean American Fiction

By Walter K. Lew

Book Overview

Since the 1930s, Korean American writers have come to maintain an important place in our national literature, publishing some of the most exciting fiction of the twentieth century. The stories in this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080705917X
• ISBN13: 9780807059173
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

16 entries in this excellent and recommended collection

There has been major growth in the popularity of Korean-American literature lately, and Kori represents the first anthology to provide a comprehensive collection of 20th century works by Koreans from the 1930s to the 1990s. Prominent Korean-American scholars and writers edit and present the 16 entries in this excellent and recommended collection.

Splendid and useful anthology, tastefully deployed

This is a splendid and useful anthology, tastefully deployed and edited with historical range, literary verve, and critical care. The generational waves and generic diversity of Korean American writing is captured in a way that leaves the future open to a range of forms and possibilities that can draw upon everything from the ur-realism of Ty Pak to the transcendental deconstructions of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.